Uploaded April 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
What's the worst gift you can give someone? One of those word-of-the-day calendars. Let's make one using the ESP8266 and some web scraping techniques.
Parts you need:
ESP8266 (I used a Wemos D1 Mini)
MAX7219 LED Display Dot led Matrix (Qty 2-3)
Props to Brian Lough: youtube.com/user/witnessmenow
His ESP8266/ ESP32 web scraper tutorial: youtu.be/kWdfCCwhQTE
The game inventory scraper I wrote in Python:
youtube.com/watch?v=1iuNccXXiJE&t=240s
Buy my book: amzn.to/2W5r6Kj
What's the worst gift you can give someone? One of those word-of-the-day calendars. Let's make one using the ESP8266 and some web scraping techniques.
Parts you need:
ESP8266 (I used a Wemos D1 Mini)
MAX7219 LED Display Dot led Matrix (Qty 2-3)
Props to Brian Lough: youtube.com/user/witnessmenow
His ESP8266/ ESP32 web scraper tutorial: youtu.be/kWdfCCwhQTE
The game inventory scraper I wrote in Python:
youtube.com/watch?v=1iuNccXXiJE&t=240s
Buy my book: amzn.to/2W5r6Kj
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